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Hong Kong Business Environment

Discover why Hong Kong is the ideal place to do business in Asia and not only

1. Strategic location for business in Asia

Hong Kong is ideally located for growing companies that want to do business with Mainland China and Asia. It enjoys peerless transport connections. In other words, easy and efficient regional travel is key to Hong Kong’s success as a regional centre.

Over 100 airlines offer flights to about 180 locations

All Asia’s key markets are less than four hours’ flight away

Half the world’s population is within five hours’ flight time

About 1,000 daily flights between Hong Kong and the rest of the world

2. Low and simple tax regime

Hong Kong has a simple, predictable and low tax system. The city only imposes three direct taxes, and filing taxes is straightforward. According to the 2015 Paying Taxes study of 189 economies, Hong Kong has one of the most tax-friendly economies in the world. Why? The city only imposes three direct taxes and has generous allowances and deductions which reduce your taxable amount.

Profits tax is capped at 16.5 percent

Salaries tax is a maximum of 15 percent

Property tax is 15 percent

More important are the taxes that Hong Kong does not impose:

No sales tax or VAT

No withholding tax

No capital gains tax

No tax on dividends

No estate tax

3. International, transparent and efficient

Hong Kong, Asia’s most popular city for international business, is a city that works. Its enduring appeal is built on political stability, the rule of law, free market principles, free flow of information, and English as the language of business.

3.1. One country, two systems

Since 1997, Hong Kong has been under Chinese sovereignty but it has a separate political and legal system, based on principles that are best summed up by its ‘One Country, Two Systems’ concept. This has helped it to retain all the fundamental strengths that underpin its success as an international business city, while enhancing its appeal with unrivalled access to opportunities in Mainland China. It has no foreign ownership restrictions plus English and Chinese as official languages, with English the usual language of business and contracts.

The world's most services-oriented economy, with services sectors accounting for more than 90% of GDP

The world’s second largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI), after Chinese mainland

The world’s second largest source of FDI, after the US

Economic Relations with the Chinese Mainland

The most important entrepôt for the Chinese mainland

The largest foreign investment source of the Chinese mainland

The key offshore capital-raising centre for Chinese enterprises

The Chinese mainland as Hong Kong's largest source of external investment

Hong Kong as a Regional Centre

A popular venue for hosting regional headquarters or representative offices

A leading telecommunications hub for the Asia-Pacific region

A premier offshore RMB centre

The world's busiest airport for international cargoes

One of the world's busiest container ports

The second largest private equity centre in Asia

The fourth largest stock market in Asia, the eighth largest in the world

The third largest foreign exchange market in Asia, the fifth in the world

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